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Page 1: A brief introduction to.  American playwright and essayist  1915-2005  Attended the University of Michigan  Notable Works:  Death of a Salesman

A brief introduction to

Page 2: A brief introduction to.  American playwright and essayist  1915-2005  Attended the University of Michigan  Notable Works:  Death of a Salesman

American playwright and essayist

1915-2005 Attended the

University of Michigan Notable Works:

Death of a Salesman The Crucible A View from the Bridge

Won Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1949

Page 3: A brief introduction to.  American playwright and essayist  1915-2005  Attended the University of Michigan  Notable Works:  Death of a Salesman

Considered by many to be one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century

Death of a Salesman an award-winning play, protagonist Willy Loman an iconic character

Married to Marilyn Monroe (1956-1961)

Page 4: A brief introduction to.  American playwright and essayist  1915-2005  Attended the University of Michigan  Notable Works:  Death of a Salesman

A dramatization of the Salem witchcraft trials (1692-1693)

An allegory for McCarthyism

A central work in the canon of American drama

Premiered in 1953 in New York City

Page 5: A brief introduction to.  American playwright and essayist  1915-2005  Attended the University of Michigan  Notable Works:  Death of a Salesman

Making accusation of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence.

Second Red Scare 1940s-1950s

Senator Joe McCarthy Made many claims

about supposed Communist spies and sympathizers within America

Page 6: A brief introduction to.  American playwright and essayist  1915-2005  Attended the University of Michigan  Notable Works:  Death of a Salesman

In the 1950s, Miller had to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee An investigative

committee the existed from 1938-1975

The committee conducted anti-Communist investigations

Page 7: A brief introduction to.  American playwright and essayist  1915-2005  Attended the University of Michigan  Notable Works:  Death of a Salesman

What is a “witch hunt”? What do you know about the Salem

witch trials? Can you think of any contemporary

examples of witch hunts? What are they?